Global Religious Freedom Index 2024–2026: Western Democracies
This report analyzes the status of religious freedom in 27 Western democracies, using 2023 data from Round 4 of the Religion and State Project.
Reports
Safeguarding Freedom of Religion or Belief
Assessing the Recommendations of the CRL Rights Commission in the Light of International Human Rights Standards
Blasphemy Law: The Reason for Injustice in Pakistan
This research was conducted to understand how Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are applied and misused, particularly against Christians, and to identify patterns that lead to accusations.
Jahrbuch Religionsfreiheit 2025
Studien zur Religionsfreiheit / Studies in Religious Freedom – ISSN 1618-7865, Bd. 44.
Jahrbuch Verfolgung und Diskriminierung von Christen 2025
Studien zur Religionsfreiheit / Studies in Religious Freedom – ISSN 1618-7865, Bd. 43.
Non-Governmental Actors Violating Religious Freedom in the Southern Cone of the Americas
The report addresses four thematic axes: (1) indigenous communities, (2) organized crime, (3) secularism and ideological groups, and (4) the paradox of confessional or faith-based organizations that, in some cases, have become obstacles to the promotion of religious freedom.
Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Religious Freedom
IIRF Reports Vol. 14—2025/20
Religious Frustration: Terror at a Catholic School
Once again there was a horrendous attack on a Christian school, this time a Roman Catholic school in Minneapolis, during a Mass to celebrate a return to school.
Religious Communities as Good Neighbors in a Post-Secular Global Society
A speech at the Abrahamic Faiths Initiative (AFI), online December 1, 2020, U.S. State Department
Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey
Statement by Thomas Schirrmacher at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing on “Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey” on August 14, 2025